1 Korintuh 12

1 Ka püie, Ngmüimkhya bänaka mawng nami yuk lawki. Akcanga ahine nami jah ksing vai hlüei veng.

In the next place, friends, I do not want you to be ignorant about spiritual gifts.

2 Am nami jumei ham üng juktuh akthie sawhkhah khaia lam ning jah hmesak ve u.

You know that there was a time when you were Gentiles, going astray after idols that could not speak, just as you happened to be led.

3 Acunakyase, Pamhnama Ngmüimkhya naw am a cehpüia khyang naw, “Jesuh ksekha na khai” acunüng, Ngmüimkhya ngcima lam sümnak am taki naw, “Jesuh cun Bawipa ni” tia am pyen thei ti cun ning jah ksingsak veng.

Therefore I tell you plainly that no one who speaks under the influence of the Spirit of God says “JESUS IS ACCURSED,” and that no one can say “JESUS IS LORD,” except under the influence of the Holy Spirit.

4 Ngmüimkhya bänak akce kce veki, cunsepi, Ngmüimkhya mat däka kyaki.

Gifts differ, but the Spirit is the same;

5 Khutbi akce kce veki, cunsepi, Bawipa cun mata kyaki.

ways of serving differ, yet the Master is the same;

6 Bilawhnak thei akce kce veki, cunsepi, bilawhnak thei jah peki Pamhnam mat däka kyaki.

results differ, yet the God who brings about every result is in every case the same.

7 Ngmüimkhya khyang mat cia k'uma a ve cun avan mi dawnak vaia phäha kyaki ni.

To each of us there is given spiritual illumination for the general good.

8 Ngmüimkhya naw Khyang akcea veia themnaka ngthu pe lü, acuna Ngmüimkhya kung naw khyang akcea veia ngthu ksingkhyapnak peki.

To one is given the power to speak with wisdom through the Spirit; to another the power to speak with knowledge, due to the same Spirit;

9 Acuna Ngmüimkhya bä naw khyang akcea veia jumeinak pe lü, khyang akcea veia yainak be theia johit peki.

to another faith by the same Spirit; to another power to cure diseases by the one Spirit; to another supernatural powers;

10 Ngmüimkhya naw khyang akcea veia müncankse bilawhnaka johit pe lü khyang akcea veia Pamhnama ngthu pyensaknak thei peki. Mata veia Ngmüimkhya üngka naw lawkia bänak ja akce üngka naw lawkia bänaka hngalangnak ksingnak peki. Khyang akcea veia ngthu akce kce pyen theinak pe lü akcea veia acuna ngthua suilam pyenak be thei peki.

to another the gift of preaching; to another the gift of distinguishing between true and false inspiration; to another varieties of the gift of “tongues”; to another the power to interpret “tongues.”

11 Acunsepi khyang avana khana acune jah pawhki cun Ngmüimkhya mäta kyaki; amäta hlüa kba khyang mat cia veia bänak akce kce jah peki.

All these result from one and the same Spirit, who distributes his gifts to each individually as he wills.

12 Khritaw cun ngban khawhah lawkia pumsa mata kba kyaki; Ngban khawhah am pyana kyase pi pumsa mata kyaki.

For just as the human body is one whole, and yet has many parts, and all its parts, many though they are, form but one body, so it is with the Christ;

13 Acun kba ni avan hin Judaha pi kyase, Krika pi kyase, mpyaa pi kyase, mpya am ni tia pi kyase, pumsa mat üng mi ve khaia Ngmüimkhya mat üng baptican mi khanki. Ngmüimkhya mat däk awk vaia jah peki.

for it was by one Spirit that we were all baptized to form one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slaves or free, and were all imbued with one Spirit.

14 Pumsa cun ngban mat dänga pyana am kya, ngban khawhah üng pyana kyaki.

The human body, I repeat, consists not of one part, but of many.

15 Khaw naw “Kuta am ka kyakia kyase pumsa üng am ngpüi veng” a ti üng acuna phäha pumsa üng am ngpüikia am kya.

If the foot says “Since I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” it does not because of that cease to belong to the body.

16 Acunüng, nghnga naw, “Mika am ka kyakia kyase pumsa üng am ngpüi veng” a ti üng, acuna phäha pumsa üng am ngpüikia am kya.

Or if the ear says “Since I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” it does not because of that cease to belong to the body.

17 Pumsa avan cun mika akya päih vai sü ta ihawkba mi ngja khai ni? Avan ngjaknaka akya vai sü ta ihawkba ahawi mi ksing khai ni?

If all the body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If it were all hearing, where would the sense of smell be?

18 Acukba Pamhnam naw am tängkia pumsa ngbane cun a ngjakhlüa a jah tak ni.

But in fact God has placed each individual part just where he thought fit in the body.

19 Avan ngban mata mi kya päih üng, pumsa vai am ve.

If, however, they all made up only one part, where would the body be?

20 Hin kba kyaki, ngban khawhah law se pi pumsa mat däka kyaki.

But in fact, although it has many parts, there is only one body.

21 Acunüng, mik naw kuta veia, “Am ning ngjahlü veng” am ti thei; lu naw pi khawa veia, “Ä, am ning ngjahlü veng” am ti thei.

The eye cannot say to the hand “I do not need you,” nor, again, the head to the feet “I do not need you.”

22 Pumsa üng akjaw säiha mi ngaih am ngpüi xase i am mi pawh thei.

No! Those parts of the body that seem naturally the weaker are indispensable;

23 Acunakyase, pumsa üng am mawngkia mi jah ngaiha ngbane ni mi jah künak säih; pumsa üng am dawkia mi jah hmuhe ni mi jah cäinak säih.

and those parts which we deem less honourable we surround with special honour; and our ungraceful parts receive a special grace which our graceful parts do not require.

24 Dawkia ngbane cun jah dawsak vai am hlü ti u. Pamhnam amät naw am tängkia ngbane pumsa üng a jah tak hin mata hlü cun mat naw am mcei lü a leisawng vaia phäh ni.

Yes, God has so constructed the body – by giving a special honour to the part that lacks it –

25 Pumsa üng ngpainak am ve, cunsepi am tängkia ngbane naw ami püi mceiei khaie.

As to secure that there should be no disunion in the body, but that the parts should show the same care for one another.

26 Acunakyase, ngban mata khuikha üng ngban naküt khuikha hngakie; ngban mat mküiei üng jekyainak cun avan naw yahkie.

If one part suffers, all the others suffer with it, and if one part has honour done to it, all the others share its joy.

27 Avan Khritawa pumsaa nami kyaki, mat ci cun a ngbana nami kyaki.

Together you are the body of Christ, and individually its parts.

28 Pamhnama sangcim üng avan cun hnün a jah pet: akcüka ngsä he, anghnihnaka sahmae, akthumnaka jah mtheimthangkie; acun käna müncankse pawhkie; acun käna jah m’yai be theikie, acunüng khyang kpüikpakie, acunüng lam kdaw jah msüm theikie ja ngthu kce pyen theikia kyakie.

In the church God has appointed, first, apostles, secondly preachers, thirdly teachers; then he has given supernatural powers, then power to cure diseases, aptness for helping others, capacity to govern, varieties of the gift of “tongues.”

29 Khyang avan cun ngsä he, sahmae ja jah mtheimthangkiea am kya u. Avan naw müncankse pawhnak am ta u;

Can everyone be an apostle? Can everyone be a preacher? Can everyone be a teacher? Can everyone have supernatural powers?

30 Avan naw hlikhaüa pawh m’yai be theikiea am kya. Avan naw ngthu akce kce pyen theikia am kya. Avan acuna ngthua suilam pyen be theikia am kya.

Can everyone have power to cure diseases? Can everyone speak in “tongues”? Can everyone interpret them?

31 Akdaw säih yah vai ja nami mlung üngta ua. Akdaw säih lam ka ning jah hmuh khai.

Strive for the greater gifts. Yet I can still show you a way beyond all comparison the best.